Definitely an interesting article, but as others have noted, bikes have more or less evolved out of the crazy zone and into something approaching a modern species. Much like Modern Humans superseded Neanderthal when and where they were in competition, my modern, carbon Mojo HD3 has supplanted the AMPs and GT RTSs and Rocky's of my past because it's better evolved to handle the conditions in which I (and probably we) now ride. My GT RTS of the late 90s didn't survive three rides on the shore.
Think of all those old bikes in evolutionary terms; some of those unique classics have no doubt contributed their DNA to the collective awesomeness that are modern bikes, much like modern humans carry vital Neanderthal contributions in our genetic code, while other experimentations were dead ends that fell victim to Darwin's age old adage, "survival of the fittest". Lament them if you will, but declaiming a lack of uniqueness is gosh-darned unscientific!
May 5, 2017, 12:54 p.m. - qduffy
Definitely an interesting article, but as others have noted, bikes have more or less evolved out of the crazy zone and into something approaching a modern species. Much like Modern Humans superseded Neanderthal when and where they were in competition, my modern, carbon Mojo HD3 has supplanted the AMPs and GT RTSs and Rocky's of my past because it's better evolved to handle the conditions in which I (and probably we) now ride. My GT RTS of the late 90s didn't survive three rides on the shore. Think of all those old bikes in evolutionary terms; some of those unique classics have no doubt contributed their DNA to the collective awesomeness that are modern bikes, much like modern humans carry vital Neanderthal contributions in our genetic code, while other experimentations were dead ends that fell victim to Darwin's age old adage, "survival of the fittest". Lament them if you will, but declaiming a lack of uniqueness is gosh-darned unscientific!